Background
DOWNER, John William was born in 1844.
DOWNER, John William was born in 1844.
Studied at St. Peter’s College, Adelaide.
Barrister Adelaide, 1872. Queen’s Counsel 1878. Attorney-General, 1881-1885.
Premier, 1885-1887, and 1892-1893. Member of Senate, 1901-1904. Member of the Federal Convention, 1898, and one of three members of the Drafting Committee who acted as the Executive of that Convention.
Attorney-General South Australia, 1885-1900. Cartulary-register 1887; Member Legislative Council, S.A., 1905.